NEW JOB, NEW STATE

Once upon a time, finding a new job meant updating a
résumé, writing a few cover letters and buying the
perfect interview suit. But for nearly half of all job seekers
today (49 percent), it also means uprooting their lives and moving
across the country, according to a report released in June by
online career site Monster. Those looking for work in the
engineering field are the most likely to be willing to move to a
new state for a job (69 percent). Other industries in which a
majority of job applicants indicate a willingness to relocate
include agriculture, forestry and fishing (66 percent), consulting
(65 percent), government and policy-making (62 percent),
biotechnology and pharmaceuticals (59 percent) and advertising,
marketing and public relations (55 percent). Those least likely to
leave home for a paycheck are in the fields of administrative and
support services (30 percent), customer service and call center
services (33 percent) and accounting and auditing (38 percent).
One's propensity to move is tied to education and career level.
Fully 71 percent of applicants with a PhD are inclined to relocate,
compared with 59 percent of job seekers with a bachelor's degree
and 37 percent of high school grads. Similarly, 70 percent of
senior executives are game to hit the road, while only 52 percent
of managers are willing to do so.

SUNNY SKIES AHEAD

California and other warm weather states dominate the list of
locales to which job seekers are willing to move.

PERCENT OF U.S. JOB SEEKERS WILLING TO MOVE TO THE
FOLLOWING STATES:*

California

13%

Florida

13%

New York

11%

Georgia

10%

Colorado

9%

North Carolina

8%

Texas

8%

Arizona

7%

Virginia

7%

Illinois

7%

*Information based on data culled from Monster's
global database of 18 million résumés.